Confronting Harmful Federal Disability Policy in Health and Human Services
New America’s second Advancing Disability Access Forum examined how recent changes at HHS threaten the health and wellbeing of disabled people, older adults, and children.
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Building a Career Advising Ecosystem: How States Are Redefining Roles for Student Success
Federal Early Education Update: March 2026
Remaking Our Districts: Three Communities on the Edge of America’s School Funding Divide
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or the past week, thousands of delegates from over 175 countries have been gathering in Busan, South Korea for the International Telecommuni
Here’s Why Gainful Program Impact Estimates Vary So Much
What matters more are the standards programs have to manage toward, not just how many come up short.
New America’s Tim Maurer Speaks about Cybersecurity at the United Nations
On October 24, 2014, New America Research Fellow Tim Maureraddressed delegates at the United Nations (UN), delivering a speech on cybersecur
Putin, Publishing, and Profits: Why Russian, U.S. Textbook Industries Have Little in Common
The dramatic changes in Russia’s textbook industry should not be used or confused as an allegory for the United States.
Putting Seattle’s Pre-K Ballot Initiatives in Context
Seattle voters are deciding on several pre-K measures on election day. How do their options compare to other cities’?
Teach For America, Public Relations, and the Haunting Specter of Education Conspiracies
Is there any evidence that Teach For America has insider influence at the Department of Education when it comes to protecting the organizati
Can We Save Good Local Journalism?
Why we need a New York Times in every state and how—in this moment when global digital storytelling is thriving.
NEW REPORT: The Cost of Connectivity 2014
A new report from New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) finds that customers in the U.S. continue to pay higher prices for slower In
Scaling Community Technology
The failure of many well-intentioned technology projects may in the end be a failure to plan for scale in an intentional way. Here’s how to
